Store-front construction.



V. ROSS.

STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.7,1910,

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented apr. ae,- raie.-

Applcationvled March 7, 1910. `Serial No. 548,304.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known -that I, VERNON Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri,` have invented certain new andl and which is of simple,strong,l durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object is toproduce a division bar composed of partssusceptible of beingv bent to different forms, to accommodate windowplates arranged in the same plane*y orat differentangles to each other,the division bar acting `as a corner bar where the glass plates aredisposed at an angle to each other.v v

VVit-h these objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed andin order' that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, isa perspective view of a partof a window front in which the glass plates are connected together attheir adjacent edges by a division barembodying my invention. Fig. 2, isa central vertical section .onthe line II-II of Fig. l. Fig. 3, is ahorizontal section in the plane of the line HIL-III of Fig. 2, but withcertain parts bentto different form so as to act as a corner bar.

Referring no W to the drawing in detail where like reference charactersidentify corresponding parts in all the figures, 1 indicates a pair ofglass plates arranged in the same plane as in Fig. 1, or at an angle toeach other as shown in Fig, 3, or at any other suitable angle.

Q indicates the front clamping member, the `sanne comprising a centralportion 3, and a pair of lateral extensions or hooks 4, the terminals ofthe hooks being disposed in- Ward of their bodyportions' and arranged tobear squarely against the front or outer faces of the glass plates andsaid front member is preferably of copper, bronze or brass.

At suitable points along the length of the front barare reinforcemembers 5, one only being shown, and each reinforce plate is preferablyconstructed of galvanized steel and consists of a perforated bodyportion 6, arranged inward of and spaced from and acting as a bridge forthe body portion 3 of the frontclamping member and a pair of flanges?which engage the hooks 4 of said clamping member.

Arranged at the inner sidesof the glass platesl and bridging the spacebetween them is the rear clamping member 8, the same being preferably ofcopper, bronze or brass, andconsisting of the inwardly bowed bodyportion 9, reverselybent near its vertical margins to form shoulders 10and terminating in outturned angle anges 11 to bear against the innerfacesof the glass plates with a yielding pressure so as to accommodateexpansion and contraction of said plates or to accommodate plates ofslightly .different thickness and said body portion 9,

is provided vat suitable points with holes 12, only vone appearing, fora purpose which hereinafter appears.

13 indicates what I term the rear reinforcing member, the same being ofsubstantially-U-form in cross section', and consisting of a perforatedbody portion 14, and a pair of forwardly projecting arms 15, the frontedges of the arms being adapted to engage theshoulders 10 and .beprevented thereby from spreading apart, the body portion 9 preventingvinward -movement of said arms;

16 indicates a headed, bolt extending rearwardly through each frontreinforcing membel-5, an alined hole 12 of the rear clam ing member 8,and an alined perforation o the body portion of the rear reinforcingmember, and en aging each of said bolts andthe rear side o? the rearclamping member is a clamping nut 17, the nut and bolt being utilized toclamp the window plates firmly and reliably together without interferinwith the contraction and expansion thereo and a nut 18 engages the rearend of each bolt 16, for the purpose of stiening the rear clampingmember and'preventing any part of it yielding except the flanges l1.4

When the division bar is to be used as a corner bar the various bars andplates are bent to slightly different form, that shown vlio in Fig. 3,representing what is known as a reverse corner, it being obvious thatthe parts may be bent to accommodate an obverse corner, if desired.

From the above description it, will be apparent that I have produced adivision bar for store front constructions embodying the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of theinvention and susceptible of modification in minor particulars withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-f ters Patent is ter engaging the rear'faces of saidplates, a

front reinforce member'bridging the space between the glass plates andfitting at its side edges in the hooks of the front clamping member, arearreinforce member engaging the shoulders of the rear clamping member,a headed'bolt extending through the reinforce plate, the rear clampingmember and the rear reinforce member, a nut engaging said bolt and therear side of the rear clamping member, and a nutengaging saidbolt andthe rear side of the rear reinforce member.

In testimony whereof I aix `my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

VERNON Ross.

Witnesses:

HELENv C. RoDGERs,

G. Y. THoRrE.

